com.algorithmia.data

Class DataFile

java.lang.Object

com.algorithmia.data.DataObject

com.algorithmia.data.DataFile

public class DataFile
extends DataObject

A reference to a file in the data api

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.algorithmia.data.DataObject

client, path

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DataFile(HttpClient client, java.lang.String dataUrl)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	delete() Deletes this file.
boolean	exists() Returns whether the file exists in the Data API
byte[]	getBytes() Gets the data for this file as as string
java.io.File	getFile() Gets the data for this file and saves it to a local temporary file
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Gets the data for this file as an InputStream
java.lang.String	getString() Gets the data for this file as as string
void	put(byte[] data) Upload raw data to this file as binary
void	put(java.io.File file) Upload new data to this file from an existing file.
void	put(java.io.InputStream is) Upload raw data to this file as an input stream
void	put(java.lang.String data) Upload string data to this file as text

Methods inherited from class com.algorithmia.data.DataObject

getName, getParent, getUrl, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DataFile

public DataFile(HttpClient client,
                java.lang.String dataUrl)

Method Detail

exists

public boolean exists()
               throws APIException

Returns whether the file exists in the Data API

Specified by:

exists in class DataObject

Returns:

true iff the file exists

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the DataAPI

getFile

public java.io.File getFile()
                     throws APIException,
                            java.io.IOException

Gets the data for this file and saves it to a local temporary file

Returns:

the data as a local temporary file

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the DataAPI

java.io.IOException - if there were any problems consuming the response content

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws APIException,
                                          java.io.IOException

Gets the data for this file as an InputStream

Returns:

the data as an InputStream

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

java.io.IOException - if there were any problems consuming the response content

getString

public java.lang.String getString()
                           throws java.io.IOException

Gets the data for this file as as string

Returns:

the data as a String

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

java.io.IOException - if there were any problems consuming the response content

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()
                throws java.io.IOException

Gets the data for this file as as string

Returns:

the data as a String

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

java.io.IOException - if there were any problems consuming the response content

put

public void put(java.lang.String data)
         throws APIException

Upload string data to this file as text

Parameters:

data - the data to upload

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

put

public void put(byte[] data)
         throws APIException

Upload raw data to this file as binary

Parameters:

data - the data to upload

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

put

public void put(java.io.InputStream is)
         throws APIException

Upload raw data to this file as an input stream

Parameters:

is - the input stream of data to upload

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

put

public void put(java.io.File file)
         throws APIException,
                java.io.FileNotFoundException

Upload new data to this file from an existing file. These is a convenience wrapper for using InputStream.

Parameters:

file - the file to upload data from

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the specified file does not exist

delete

public void delete()
            throws APIException

Deletes this file.

Throws:

APIException - if there were any problems communicating with the Algorithmia API